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Len Tongue

b. 1912

Welsh athlete

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Born 1912. Len Tongue is an athletics competitor.

Leonard William Tongue (17 January 1912 – date of death unknown) was a Welsh athlete, who competed at the 1934 British Empire Games (now Commonwealth Games).

Biography Tongue was a member of the Newport Harriers Athletics Club, where his brother Harold Robinson Tongue was also a prominent athlete. Len won the 1933 Welsh junior cross-country championships. At the 1934 Welsh national championships, held in Newport, he won the 3 miles title.

He represented Wales at the 1934 British Empire Games in one athletic event; the 3 miles event. In 1935 he retained his 3 miles Welsh national title.

He suffered from a foot injury which forced him to race less and in October 1936 he gained an appointment in Glasgow with John Brown & Company.

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Who is Len Tongue?

Welsh athlete

When was Len Tongue born?

Len Tongue was born on 17 January 1912.

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Len Tongue is an athletics competitor.

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· Wikidata: Q136881499

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